01 Status
The Swiss Institute for Cultural Memory (ISMC) is being constituted in Geneva as a Swiss foundation.
INSTITUTIONAL RECORD
THE SWISS INSTITUTE FOR CULTURAL MEMORY (ISMC)
Swiss foundation in formation
- Name
- Institut Suisse pour la Mémoire Culturelle (ISMC)
- Seat
- Geneva, Switzerland
- Status
- Swiss foundation in formation
- Function
- Preservation, custody, registration, and transmission
- Access
- Reserved procedures through the General Secretariat
02 Purpose
ISMC is being constituted for the preservation of archives, registers, works, collections, declarations, institutional records, and documentary heritage of cultural, historical, artistic, spiritual, institutional, or civilisational significance.
03 Custody
ISMC is intended to receive and safeguard cultural memory placed under its custody, whether held in material, archival, artistic, documentary, institutional, or symbolic form.
04 Framework
Being constituted under Swiss law, the Swiss Institute for Cultural Memory (ISMC) is intended to act from Geneva as an independent foundation for preservation, custody, and transmission with international scope.
05 Continuity
Its framework may serve families, foundations, collections, cultural institutions, public bodies, and houses of continuity where preservation, custody, or formal transmission requires an enduring institutional framework.
06 Governance
Upon constitution, ISMC will be governed by its Foundation Board in accordance with its statutory purpose, Swiss law, and the applicable supervisory authority.